TRAFFIC Mr Fantasy LP 1967 ISLAND 1st Press SUPERB

	£		232
	$		307

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Traffic called 'Mr Fantasy' and is an ORIGINAL 1967 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press 'Textured' Pink Island 'Circle' logo label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS WAS TRAFFICS FIRST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  THIS LP HAS ONE OF THE MOST FRAGILE AND EASILY WORN COVERS EVER MADE - AND VIRTUALLY EVERY 1ST PRESSING YOU EVER SEE HAS HEAVY WEAR TO THE SPINAL CORNERS & SPINE, CREASED & BATTERED EDGES, TEARS OR WORSE.  BUT NOT THIS ONE!!!!  THIS ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESSING IS SIMPLY SUPERB - AND IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!!  THE RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL AND IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND GATEFOLD LAMINATED FLIPBACK COVER IS SIMPLY STUNNING!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THERE IS 1 MORE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT DETAIL THAT MAKES THIS LP THE RAREST TRAFFIC LP EVER!!!!  AND THAT IS THAT THIS LP IS 1ST PRESSED IN ULTRA RARE STEREO!!!!  AND AGAIN - THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE ON THIS LP!!!!  BACK IN 1967 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED, MONO ABSOLUTELY DOMINATED AND 99% OF ALL UK 1ST PRESSINGS WERE MADE IN COMMON MONO - WITH VIRTUALLY NONE IN ULTRA RARE STEREO!!!!  AS A RESULT, FINDING AN ULTRA RARE STEREO 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1967 UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS 'TEXTURED' PINK ISLAND 'CIRCLE' LOGO LABEL, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD LAMINATED FLIPBACK COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL UK Island 1st Pressing from 1967 and is in SUPERB condition!!!! The record is pressed on thick quality vinyl. The Cat. No is ILPS 9061 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Textured' Pink Island label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer UK STEREO 1st pressing!!!! All the tracks are pure quality Traffic at their best!!!! Any fan of  Traffic, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in SUPERB condition!!!! Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, only 1 absolutely TINY scuffline (only visible under the most EXTREME light possible!), and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS SUPERB!!!!  It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some absolutely ULTRA faint touches of MEGA low level background sound on the run on grooves and VERY occassional gap - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!! The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is also in STUNNING condition!!!!  The 1st Press Flipback Laminated Gatefold STEREO Cover is in SUPERB condition and virtually IMPOSSIBLE to find like this!!!! JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), VERY shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are PERFECTLY straight with NO feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated inside is in SUPERB condition with NO rubbing, NO yellowing, an absolutely TINY touch of discolouration to 1 TINY part of 1 picture ONLY (this is so INCREDIBLY minor and IMPOSSIBLE to notice, that I doubt if ANYONE else would even mention it!), NO grubbyness, PERFECT flipbacks, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade FULL Excellent if not Excellent+ and is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to find like this!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1967 UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING OF "MR FANTASY" BY TRAFFIC, IN SUPERB CONDITION!!!! Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: